Indi Trehan
@inditrehan.bsky.social
Human, pediatrician, professor. Global child health, malnutrition, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, climate change. Logical liberalism, bad puns. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-staff/indi-trehan
www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-staff/indi-trehan
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WHO statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau https://bit.ly/4ctSv05
February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
WHO statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau https://bit.ly/4ctSv05
Hasta la victoria simple.
In this report from Singapore, the release of wolbachia-infected, irradiated male 𝘈𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘪 mosquitoes resulted in a reduction in the vector population and in the risk of dengue infection. Full report: nej.md/4atd2iN
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Hasta la victoria simple.
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Step 1: Insert bacteria ("Wolbachia") into mosquitoes.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Step 1: Insert bacteria ("Wolbachia") into mosquitoes.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
Step 2: Release mosquitoes.
Step 3: Watch Dengue rates plummet.
Phenomenal results from Singapore.
Link: tinyurl.com/59c9t67u, by Lim et al.
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I feel bad for ivermectin, which genuinely is amazing stuff that won a deserved Nobel Prize but is now forever associated with crank antiscience
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I feel bad for ivermectin, which genuinely is amazing stuff that won a deserved Nobel Prize but is now forever associated with crank antiscience
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We are the great grandchildren of the witches who heated their milk in their cauldron before drinking it
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
We are the great grandchildren of the witches who heated their milk in their cauldron before drinking it
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"The term [provider] should not be used to describe physicians, nor should physicians use it to describe themselves, their team members, or their trainees."
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine
More than 25 years ago, Pellegrino and Relman noted the increasing commercialization of the learned professions, anticipating what many physicians are increasingly experiencing today: an impairment of...
www.acpjournals.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"The term [provider] should not be used to describe physicians, nor should physicians use it to describe themselves, their team members, or their trainees."
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
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🚨 30.6 MILLION people in #Nigeria are at risk of severe food insecurity by 2026 due to the dual crisis of climate change & malnutrition.
This report finds that policies are still operating in silos. It is time for integrated action.
Find more here: bit.ly/4r7QJXd
This report finds that policies are still operating in silos. It is time for integrated action.
Find more here: bit.ly/4r7QJXd
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
🚨 30.6 MILLION people in #Nigeria are at risk of severe food insecurity by 2026 due to the dual crisis of climate change & malnutrition.
This report finds that policies are still operating in silos. It is time for integrated action.
Find more here: bit.ly/4r7QJXd
This report finds that policies are still operating in silos. It is time for integrated action.
Find more here: bit.ly/4r7QJXd
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Acute malnutrition in Sudan is expected to continue deteriorating in 2026, with nearly 4.2 million estimated cases, affecting children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Preventable deaths are already occurring and will continue to rise without urgent action.
3/3
Preventable deaths are already occurring and will continue to rise without urgent action.
3/3
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Acute malnutrition in Sudan is expected to continue deteriorating in 2026, with nearly 4.2 million estimated cases, affecting children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Preventable deaths are already occurring and will continue to rise without urgent action.
3/3
Preventable deaths are already occurring and will continue to rise without urgent action.
3/3
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The crisis in Sudan continues to have devastating consequences, with highly volatile conditions in much of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan.
2/3
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February 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The crisis in Sudan continues to have devastating consequences, with highly volatile conditions in much of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan.
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#Sudan Alert
🚨 Acute malnutrition levels surpassed the Famine threshold in two additional localities in North Darfur: Um Baru and Kernoi.
Read the full @theipcinfo.bsky.social Alert: www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
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🚨 Acute malnutrition levels surpassed the Famine threshold in two additional localities in North Darfur: Um Baru and Kernoi.
Read the full @theipcinfo.bsky.social Alert: www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
1/3
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
#Sudan Alert
🚨 Acute malnutrition levels surpassed the Famine threshold in two additional localities in North Darfur: Um Baru and Kernoi.
Read the full @theipcinfo.bsky.social Alert: www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
1/3
🚨 Acute malnutrition levels surpassed the Famine threshold in two additional localities in North Darfur: Um Baru and Kernoi.
Read the full @theipcinfo.bsky.social Alert: www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...
1/3
excellent random hypothetical advice from @glaucomflecken.bsky.social
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:38 PM
excellent random hypothetical advice from @glaucomflecken.bsky.social
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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It’s here, isn’t it.
🚨Mass evacuations in Victoria, Australia as the state set to break its temperature record.
🚨’Temperatures that used to be seen just once in a generation’.
🚨Expected to see 30C/86F at midnight, 24C/75.2F at 4am, a stunning 49C/120.2F in the afternoon
#heat #climatecrisis
🚨Mass evacuations in Victoria, Australia as the state set to break its temperature record.
🚨’Temperatures that used to be seen just once in a generation’.
🚨Expected to see 30C/86F at midnight, 24C/75.2F at 4am, a stunning 49C/120.2F in the afternoon
#heat #climatecrisis
January 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
It’s here, isn’t it.
🚨Mass evacuations in Victoria, Australia as the state set to break its temperature record.
🚨’Temperatures that used to be seen just once in a generation’.
🚨Expected to see 30C/86F at midnight, 24C/75.2F at 4am, a stunning 49C/120.2F in the afternoon
#heat #climatecrisis
🚨Mass evacuations in Victoria, Australia as the state set to break its temperature record.
🚨’Temperatures that used to be seen just once in a generation’.
🚨Expected to see 30C/86F at midnight, 24C/75.2F at 4am, a stunning 49C/120.2F in the afternoon
#heat #climatecrisis
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Never forget how all of this happened:
Last summer, Trump and Republicans in Congress cut health care by $900 billion so they could TRIPLE the ICE budget.
Now thousands of ICE agents are on the streets of Minnesota. And you lose your health care.
Last summer, Trump and Republicans in Congress cut health care by $900 billion so they could TRIPLE the ICE budget.
Now thousands of ICE agents are on the streets of Minnesota. And you lose your health care.
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Never forget how all of this happened:
Last summer, Trump and Republicans in Congress cut health care by $900 billion so they could TRIPLE the ICE budget.
Now thousands of ICE agents are on the streets of Minnesota. And you lose your health care.
Last summer, Trump and Republicans in Congress cut health care by $900 billion so they could TRIPLE the ICE budget.
Now thousands of ICE agents are on the streets of Minnesota. And you lose your health care.
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We are shattered and grieving the loss of our brother Rob. For now there are no words but there will always be songs. Love Always from Jim, Martin & Pete.
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 AM
We are shattered and grieving the loss of our brother Rob. For now there are no words but there will always be songs. Love Always from Jim, Martin & Pete.
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